Reviews tagging 'Death'

Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare

111 reviews

vibingjaren's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I read this in English class, taking up the parts of Paris, Romeo, and the Prince. A pretty good story, but i wouldn’t have read it if I wasn’t forced to. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Suicide, Murder

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Blood, Death of parent

Minor: Classism

luxxltyd's review against another edition

4.5

emotional reflective tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Suicide, Violence, Murder

Moderate: Misogyny

bookworm_sarah's review against another edition

3.0

emotional sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

aeonnox's review against another edition

4.0

dark funny hopeful reflective sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Hate crime, Self harm, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Murder

ericad's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexism, Suicide, Murder

Moderate: Drug use, Blood

Minor: Adult/minor relationship

k_shimer's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Suicide, Murder

Moderate: Violence, Blood, Grief

Minor: Toxic relationship, Death of parent

ayphyx's review against another edition

3.75

emotional funny hopeful fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Would y’all kill me if i said that this play is probably one of Shakespeare’s most misunderstood works. It’s really not a play about what stupid teenagers do when they’re in love and more about unjustified and senseless violence and how it not only hurts those who perpetrate that violence, but also innocent people, children. The roles that Romeo and Juliet play are forced upon them. They are forced to become child martyrs when all they wanted to be were lovers. Romeo and Juliet’s love did not murder Mercutio, Tybalt, Lady Montague, or even Romeo and Juliet themselves (although an argument could be made for Paris), it was the blood feud between the two houses that set the stage for their deaths. Whether or not the love between Romeo and Juliet was genuine is not the point, the point is that two children should not have to die in order to stop the adults from fighting. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Suicide, Violence, Murder

Moderate: Child abuse, Grief, Abandonment

Minor: Death of parent

madivangorder's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional funny sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Suicide, Murder

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Grief

kibbles15's review against another edition

4.0

challenging emotional sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Suicide, Grief

Minor: Cursing, Sexual content

schaffermi's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Suicide, Violence, Blood

Minor: Misogyny, Suicidal thoughts